Books By Chapters

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Factfulness Chapter 7: The Destiny Instinct

2021-11-0504:07

The mega misconception that things are unchanging and unchangeable

Factfulness Chapter 6: The Generalization Instinct

2021-10-2605:18

We get to things like stereotyping and generalising. The things that clouds our vision

Factfulness Chapter 5: The Size Instinct

2021-10-2301:59

How do we know that a marble is small? By comparing to a basketball. This is how we misjudge things. Sometimes we spend too much energy on the small things. How do you keep things in proportion?

Factfulness Chapter 4: The Fear Instinct summary

2021-10-2110:41

The world is a scary and dark place. What causes it? It's only scary of you show it that way. But is it the media's fault? And can we do something about it?

Factfulness Chapter 3: The Straight Line Instinct

2021-10-1707:49

Is overpopulation a big issue? Will we have 20 billion by 2100?

Factfulness Chapter 2 Summary

2021-10-1509:07

The Mega Misconception that the world is Getting Worse. We can't deny that there are some horrific things in the world, but here's how we should look at it. The world is bad but it's getting better, it's getting better and better everyday. Extreme Poverty: https://www.gapminder.org/topics/extreme-poverty-trend/ 32 Things: https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness-book/32-improvements/

Factfulness Chapter 1 Summary

2021-10-1108:38

The Gap Instinct: The misconception that the world is divided: low-income and high-income, rich and poor, developing and developed. But if we look at the facts, only 9% of humanity lives in extreme poverty. The majority lives in middle income countries, there's no huge "gap" in the middle. https://www.gapminder.org/topics/fertility-child-mortality/

Factfulness by Hans Rostling Summary

2021-10-0906:13

Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. If you're stressed about the world and you think it's getting worse day by day. Give this book a go, however it's not a book that tells you that the world is all sunshines and rainbows. There's is definitely a lot of bad things today and he acknowledges that. But things can be bad and better at the same time. And it's our ten dramatic Instincts that only identify the bad. Ignoring the progress we've made throughout the centuries.

Welcome to Books by Chapters

2021-10-0700:54

Do you like reading? I like reading too! Epic dude!

Predictably Irrational: Keeping Doors Open summary

2021-10-0503:57

Keeping Doors Open: Why Options Distract Us from Our Main Objective.

Predictably Irrational Chapter 4 summary

2021-10-0307:24

The cost of Social Norms: Why We Are Happy to Do Things, but Not When We Are Paid to Do Them. In today's episode we're going to look at market norms and social norms. I'm sorry that I've been away for a good week. But I got sick and I sounded like an old man. To top it off, our internet was gone for a good two weeks. It's still not here, so I have to try uploading it with mobile data. Now this sounds like my dog ate my homework, sounds like the perfect excuse, it's kinda funny but it's what happened.